i have great dismay about the human rights commission which is what i was reporting on darfur. there are other parts of the u.n. i have problems with. but there are some wonderful human beings in the united nations that are trying really hard to make a difference. you know, the body didn't exist, some body should exist like it. i think it is in desperate need of reform. i think that the security council as it stands now is a ridiculous throwback to the cold war. i don't think it reflects, you know, the power and the powerful emerging economies and militaries if you will in today's world. particularly the human rights commission. i have no respect whatsoever. >> put this in context from your perspective. recently when the state of the union message was delivered by the president of the united states and the answer on the other side or another point of view was given, they ended, at some point in the speech they said, the united states is the greatest country in the history of the world. >> some people believe that. >> what about you? >> i believe the united states has many fanta

cool is giving billions to darfur, not cool is questioning whether the dollars ever get to darfur. heartless, that is cluesless and the epitome of uncoolness. cool is praising a new jersey governor who shoots down the hurricane sandy cool. not cool is billions of waste in the package. cool is assuming corporations are evil, not cool is now and then they're reporting, most corporations is not. cool is apple, even though it ships thousands of jobs abroad. not cool is oil, even though it pays billions of dollars of taxings. woe to the anchor to commands big oil and pointing out apple inconsistency you are you're fodder for the debate and violated the rules of media club. you're outside the club and the club is now laughing at you. and no one in my business likes being laughed at. we want to be loved and praised and mentioned on pseudokudos on pseudonews shows and invited to parties that matter. enjoying bold faced names. too many of us worked to long to get into the club that we'll avoid anything that could get us kicked out of the club. even when we club ourselves by bending our own

then when i went to darfur, some ten years later, by then i had cast away any allegiance to rome andonly we had had a pope like archbishop desmond tutu, for example, who was engaged on the issues that concerned the most needy of humanity, as desmond tutu does. i just separated from my faith and i feel the absence. >> certainly i think the needy and the poor are absolutely the forefront of what he will stand for. it's always been the way he's been in argentina. and i think that he is sincere about that. martin, you had a similar moment. you had basically i think given up your faith and then about 20 years ago, it all came roaring back. what was it that got you back into being a devout catholic again? >> well, i had a similar experience as mia had. i was raised catholic and i abandoned it in my early 20s and i came back when i was 40 and it was not kind of an overnight thing or a conscious thing like lightning at damascus. it was gradual. what would you call it, a natural progression of what i was involved in. and i guess the final act in that progression was the time i spent in india

you think his fame to try to spot lying be which people -- spotlight darfur. not be covering that could be a good use. the bad news is you have ana nicole smith who ha a sad death over and over and you're not covering serious issues, that i think is a more center. serious issue. >> john on facebook writes that why do we make and i rather get celebritiessrs and s -- facebook.com/c-span. we go to sandy who is in milford connecticut. >> hi. i'm very happy to be on here. i think the prom was excellent. the program was excellent. i was at the director's guilt in california and i talked to sam watersome. i asked when was the show going to be on again. this should be a typical news, program today rather than the growth entertainment that we're seeing and i would like to see a real news program at 7:00 p.m. in new york, come into the "new york times" which i -- they sent a message. he said in there writing that this is just reported over and over again. sometimes for two or three days which is really doubt. -- really not news. newsld love to see a real program. they w

do you consider syria, we are going through the same situation we found ourselves rwanda and darfur?>> the difference between syria and rwanda as that rwanda was carried out by large numbers of people using very simple instruments and they set upon their neighbors and the slaughter them over a quick period of time. in syria, we see months and months that people are being killed by their own government, from the sky. the refugees we talked to in jordan were talking about a barrel bombs. they would come down, explode, and take out large groups of people. then also as robert discussed, scuds being used to destroy a city blocks. the results are the same. lots of innocent lives lost in a senseless way. >> our current policy, there is no military assistance to be given to the syrian opposition forces but it is ok for russia and iran and even north korea continue to supply the assad reginme with the things they needed so he can continue killing his own people. you see a contradiction here in terms of us being an observer of all this and the killing continues because countries like russia an

their issue forward when you have somebody like george clooney, you think his thing to spotlight darfurt be covering as much as they should. that can be a good use of celebrity. a bad use if you cover somebody like anna smith. that's a more serious issue in itself own way. >> coking the comment why do we make murders, celebrities, and why are there now more beat journalist that get the fact instead of repeating the same over. wire blot over and over again. facebook.com/c-span. we go to sandy in connecticut. sandy. hello. >> caller: hi. i'm happy to be on here. i thought the program was excellent. i was happy to hear someone mention the news room program because i was at the director's guild in california this year and i spoke and wanted to know when the show be on again because as far as i was concerned, that was more what should be a typical news program today rather than the gross entertainment that we're seeing. i would like to see a real news program at 7:00 p.m. in new york complaicial to the "new york times" which i read evidence. most of the news we get on the news programs we se

peacekeeping operations in the golan heights, in the darfur, congo, funding for syrian refugees which is threatening the instability of jordan and lebanon fund for the international atomic agency. these are reasons this amendment should be voted against. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. those in favor say aye. mr. cruz: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: is there any senator wishing to change his vote? if not on this question the ayes are 38. the nays are 61. the amendment is not agreed to. mrs. murray: move to reconsider. the presiding officer: without objection. there are now two minutes equally divided prior to a vote on amendment number 673 offered by mr. lee. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. lee: mr. president, my amendment would establish a point of order for any piece of legislation brought before this body that would undermine the sacred right protected by the firs